This is quite an old talk (TED2003), but it still seems very current. Rodney Brooks talks about where the development of robots is going and why we should accept that robots, eventually, can have actual feelings and emotions.

Just yesterday, a new book was presented on the (near) future of robotics in our society, titled 'Robots Everywhere'. Robots are already a part of our future, and new developments over the next years will bring even more applications for (intelligent) robots.